@elrainia@lemmy.world describes working on internet infrastructure back in the 1990s. This was on one of those "drive by" AskLemmys where a new user posts a juicy question, then after a couple hours they delete the topic and their account. However, those posts and comments are still visible in Piefed, ex: https://piefed.social/post/1733969#comment_9969293
Heh. One of my college roommates used to be able to rattle off the number from listening to our modem dialing. ๐ฑ Sure, a great party trick and genuinely impressive, and it often led to him showing off his crazy-fast custom rig sealed in a tote of veg oil... but it was the room it was in that was the mood-killer. ๐ ๐ค๐ผ